Automobile-wind-shield shade.



T. H. REED.

AUTOMOBILE wII\ID SHIELD SHADE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29. i918.

Patent-ed Nov. 19, 1918.

THOMAS H. REED, F CLAYTON, MISSOURI.

AUTOMOBILE-WIND-SHIEL-D SHADE.

Specification of Setters Patent.

application inea Apri-.129, 19418. serial No. 231,407.

To all whom t may concern Be it known thatI l, THOMAS H. REED, a citizen of the United States, 'residing at Cl'ayton Missouri, have invented a` certain new and useful lmprovement in AutomobilefWind-Shield Shades, of which the following is a fu1l,'clear, and exact description,

such as will enable others skilled in the art t0` which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draiwings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates toda shade or screen particularly applicable for the wind shields of automobiles, the principal objectof my invention being to providearelatively simple device which can be easily and quickly adjusted so as to cut o or shade from the eyes cf the car driver, the direct rays from the sun while the latter is relatively low or near the horizon, and said device being likewise e'ective at night in shading the drivers eyes from rays and glare of headlights carried by approaching vehicles.V Y

Further objects of my invention are, tc provide a shade which can be readily applied 'to practically ali forms of automobile wind shields new in general use, and said shade capable of being easily and quickly shifted from a position of service into an out-ofthe-way position and vice versa.

A st1ll further object of my invention is to provide the lower edge of the shade with a one-piece metal strip, the same beingprovided with integrally @formed hooks, certain of which are adapted to engage the lower edge of the wind shield 'to which the shade is applied and another one of said hooks being adapted to perform the functions of a handle in manipulating the shade and also to serve as a hookto engage the shade roller and retain the shade in its rolled-up position. With the foregoing and other objects 1n view, my invention consists i'n certain novel Ifeatures of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure'l is an elevational view of an unt-omobile, the -wind shield of which is equipped w'ith a shade of my improved construction. A

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the shade.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken approximately through the center of a wind A era'bly of the Hartshorne type.

shield, thel same lbeing equipped with my improved shade. Y l

Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview o-f the metal strip which is carried by the lower edge of the shade.

A, Referring by numerals to the accompany- `ing drawings which illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention, 10 designates the upright members which serve as supports for thewind shield, the latter, it being understood, comprising two or more hinged frames carrying sections of plate glass or the like.

A form of wind shield now in general use comprises three hinged glass carrying frames, one of which is hinged at its upper outer corners t0 the upper ends ofthe posts or uprights 10. This portion yof the shade is adapted to swing outward into the position illustrated in F ig. 1', to serve as a storm shield, that is, to prevent rain, snow `and, the like from striking against and lodging upon the surface of the glass carried by the frame `which is vertically disposed between the upper portions of uprights 10. My improvedshade is 'intended to be applied to this so-called storm shield, which latter comprises a suitable frame 1l, preferably of metal, and said frame carrying a section 12 of plate glass or the like.

Applied in any suitable manner to the upright'corners of the frame 11 and on the outer face thereof are brackets 13 which are adapted to receive the pintles of an ordinary spring-actuated shade roller 14, pref- Secured t0 this roller and adapted to wind thereupon is a shade 15 of suitable flexible material, preferably water-proof. The lower edge of the. shadebody is provided with a relativelv wide hem 16 made by folding the material double and arranged within this hem is arelative-ly thin strip or rail 17 of metal. I prefer tto form this strip or rail of a section of thin sheet metal such as tin, the upper and lower edges thereof being bent over so as to lie directly upon the central portion of the section of metal, thereby forming a relatively stiff strip or rail. Formed integralV with this strip or rail near its vends are outwardly and upwardly projecting hooks 18 .which are of such size as to Patented New, re, tere,

engage the lower edge of the section 12 of plate glass. Formed integral with the rail near its center and projecting outwardly on the side opposite to the hooks 18 is an unwardly presented hook 19 rwhichis of suii- .cient size to accommodate thefbody of the shade when the same is rolled upon the roller 14. This hook 19 Serves to hold the shade against overwinding upon roller '14.

When my improved shade is not in use, the body 15 is rolled upon the roller 14 and the hoo'k 19 engages the underside and front of said rolled-up vbody as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and thus the entire structrure. .occupies an out-of-the-w-ay position immediately in front of the top portion of frame 11.

To shade the eyes of the driver from the direct rays ofthe sun or the flare from approaching headlights, the hook 19 is en-v gaged and by exerting a downward pull thereupon, the body of the shade 1 5 is unwound from roller 14 and drawn down-v manufactured, is applicable for use on prac- Legame tically all forms of automobile wind shields, can be readily shifted from one position to another, and when in use is efective in protecting the eyes of a car driver from the di.

rect rays of the-sun when the latter is vlow and 'also from direct rays of the headlights of approaching vehicles at night.

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and yconstruction of thewarious parts of my improved windshield shade may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of my inven tion, the scope of 'which is set forth in the appended claim.

, I claim:

The combination with an automobile wind shield, of a roller mounted foroperation on the outerface, near the upper edgelthereof, of sald w1nd shield, a shade adapted to wind onto said roller, a rail carried by the lower edge of said shade, hooks carried by said rail for engaging the lower edge of the wind shield, and a hook projecting outwardly lfrom the central portion of said rail and' adapted to serve as an operating handle and also to serve as a stop to prevent overwinding of the shade on the roller.

In testimony whereof l hereunto affixmy signature this 23d day ofApril, 1918.

T. H. REED. 

